Gerhard and Walther

The Holy Spirit permeates Himself into our prayers so that He covers up our ignorance and forgetfulness and asks of God that which is beneficial for us.—Johann Gerhard, Schola Pietatis III:310.

In today’s reading, St. Paul reminds us that true Christians continue to be tempted by all kinds of evil thoughts and desires. However, they have within them a new spirit, a new divine power, a new holy impulse that sets itself unceasingly against the desire to sin.—C. F. W. Walther, God Grant It!, p. 613.